the usual suspects

Lessons On Movies.com THE USUAL SUSPECTS http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_usual_suspects.html CONTENTS Listening / Reading Script 2 Mark The Spaces 9 Poster / Trailer 3 Discussion

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THE USUAL SUSPECTS

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CONTENTS

Listening / Reading Script 2 Mark The Spaces 9 Poster / Trailer 3 Discussion 10 Synonym / Phrase Match 4 Survey 11 Listening Gap Fill 5 Writing 12 Correct The Spelling 6 Homework 13 Punctuate The Text 7 Answers 14 Insert The Vowels 8

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THE LISTENING / READING SCRIPT

From: http://www.LessonsOnMovies.com/the_usual_suspects.html

The Usual Suspects is a 1995 American neo-noir film written by

Christopher McQuarrie and directed by Bryan Singer It stars Gabriel Byrne and Kevin Spacey The film follows the interrogation of Roger "Verbal" Kint, a small-time con man who is one of only two survivors of a massacre and fire on a ship docked

at the Port of Los Angeles He tells an interrogator a complicated story about events that led him and four other criminals to the boat, and of a mysterious mob boss known as Keyser Söze who commissioned their work Using flashbacks and narration, Kint's story becomes increasingly complex The film began as a title taken from a column in Spy magazine called "The Usual Suspects."

The Usual Suspects was well received by most critics, and it has

an 89% rating at the Rotten Tomatoes.com movie review site The movie was harshly criticised by some Critic Roger Ebert gave the film one and a half stars out of four, considering it confusing and uninteresting He also included it in his "most hated films"

list Hal Hinson of the Washington Post wrote, "Ultimately, The

Usual Suspects may be too clever for its own good The twist at

the end is a corker, but crucial questions remain unanswered.” Britain’s The Independent also praised the film's ending: "The film's coup de grace is as elegant as it is unexpected The whole movie plays back in your mind in perfect clarity.”

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Usual_Suspects

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TRAILER AND POSTER

POSTER

1 SIX WORDS: Look at the poster and write down six words (more if

you like) that you think of as you look at it Share the words with your partner(s) Why did you choose them?

You can find posters for this movie at www.wikipedia.com or www.imbd.com - just type the name of the movie in the search field

2 STORY: Talk about what you think the story of the movie is – the start,

beginning, end, etc Change partners and share stories

3 CREDITS: Look at the credits on the poster (the actors, director, producer…) and talk about them with your partner(s).

4 MUST-SEE: Talk with your partner(s) about whether the poster and movie title are good and make you want to see the movie

5 STARRING YOU: Imagine you are one of the stars of the movie Talk

about your role with your movie star partner(s)

TRAILER

1 RETELL: Watch the trailer and retell what you saw to your partner(s)

You can watch a trailer at http://www.youtube.com

2 CHUNKS: Watch 10-to-15 second chunks of the trailer and retell what

you saw to your partner(s)

3 QUIZ: Watch the trailer and write down some quiz questions for your partner(s) Watch a second time to find the answers to the questions

4 VOCABULARY: Make a note of words in the trailer that you see or hear Talk about them with your partner(s)

5 GOOD / BAD: Watch the trailer and write down why you think the film

might be good or bad Share your ideas with your partner(s)

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MATCHING

SYNONYM MATCH

PHRASE MATCH

1 a 1995 American neo- a remain unanswered

3 a mysterious mob boss known c its own good

4 Kint's story becomes d by most critics

5 a title taken from a column e criticised by some

6 well-received f in Spy magazine

7 The movie was harshly g noir film

9 crucial questions i time con man

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LISTENING / READING GAP FILL

The Usual Suspects is a 1995 American (1) _

by Christopher McQuarrie and directed by Bryan Singer It stars Gabriel Byrne and Kevin Spacey The film follows the interrogation of Roger "Verbal" Kint, (2) _ who is one of only two survivors of a massacre and fire on a ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles He (3) _ a complicated story about events that led him and four other criminals to the boat, and of a (4) _ known

as Keyser Söze (5) work Using flashbacks and narration, Kint's story becomes increasingly complex The film began (6) _ from a column

in Spy magazine called "The Usual Suspects."

The Usual Suspects (7) _ most critics, and

it has an 89% rating at the Rotten Tomatoes.com movie review site The movie was (8) _ by some Critic Roger Ebert gave the film one and a (9) _ four, considering it confusing and uninteresting He also included

it in his "most hated films" list Hal Hinson of the Washington Post

wrote, "Ultimately, The Usual Suspects (10) _

its own good The twist at the end is a corker, but crucial questions (11) _.” Britain’s The Independent also praised the film's ending: "The film's coup de grace is as elegant as it is unexpected The whole movie plays back in your mind (12) _.”

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CORRECT THE SPELLING

Paragraph 1

1 the roitngreiatno of Roger "Verbal" Kint

2 one of only two survivors of a seasamcr

3 a ship dkdeco at the Port of Los Angeles

4 a ioyssemtur mob boss

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6 taken from a omclun in Spy magazine

Paragraph 2

7 well crveedei by most critics

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12 in perfect tcrayli

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PUNCTUATE & PUT CAPITALS IN THE TEXT

the usual suspects is a 1995 american neo-noir film written by

christopher mcquarrie and directed by bryan singer it stars gabriel byrne and kevin spacey the film follows the interrogation

of roger "verbal" kint a small-time con man who is one of only two survivors of a massacre and fire on a ship docked at the port

of los angeles he tells an interrogator a complicated story about events that led him and four other criminals to the boat and of a mysterious mob boss known as keyser söze who commissioned their work using flashbacks and narration kint's story becomes increasingly complex the film began as a title taken from a column in spy magazine called "the usual suspects"

the usual suspects was well received by most critics and it has an

89% rating at the rotten tomatoescom movie review site the movie was harshly criticised by some critic roger ebert gave the film one and a half stars out of four considering it confusing and uninteresting he also included it in his "most hated films" list hal

hinson of the washington post wrote "ultimately the usual

suspects may be too clever for its own good the twist at the end

is a corker but crucial questions remain unanswered” britain’s the independent also praised the film's ending "the film's coup de grace is as elegant as it is unexpected the whole movie plays back in your mind in perfect clarity”

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INSERT THE VOWELS (a,e,i,o,u)

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m _ g _ z _ n _ c _ l l _ d " T h _ _ s _ _ l S _ s p _ c t s "

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f _ l m s " l _ s t H _ l H _ n s _ n _ f t h _ W _ s h _ n g t _ n P _ s t w r _ t _ ,

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_ t s _ w n g _ _ d T h _ t w _ s t _ t t h _ _ n d _ s _ c _ r k _ r , b _ t

c r _ c _ _ l q _ _ s t _ _ n s r _ m _ _ n _ n _ n s w _ r _ d ” B r _ t _ _ n ’ s T h _ _ n d _ p _ n d _ n t _ l s _ p r _ _ s _ d t h _ f _ l m ' s _ n d _ n g : " T h _

f _ l m ' s c _ _ p d _ g r _ c _ _ s _ s _ l _ g _ n t _ s _ t _ s

_ n _ x p _ c t _ d T h _ w h _ l _ m _ v _ _ p l _ y s b _ c k _ n y _ _ r m _ n d

_ n p _ r f _ c t c l _ r _ t y ”

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MARK THE SPACES

TheUsualSuspectsisa1995Americanneo-noirfilmwrittenbyChristopherMcQuarrieanddirectedbyBryanSinger ItstarsGabrielByrneandKevinSpacey.Thefilmfollowstheinterrogatio

nofRoger"Verbal"Kint,asmall-timeconmanwhoisoneofonlytwosurvivorsofamassacreandfireonash ipdockedatthePortofLosAngeles.Hetellsaninterrogatoracomplicated storyabouteventsthatledhimandfourothercriminalstotheboat,andof amysteriousmobbossknownasKeyserSözewhocommissionedtheirw ork.Usingflashbacksandnarration,Kint'sstorybecomesincreasinglyc omplex.ThefilmbeganasatitletakenfromacolumninSpymagazinecall

ed"TheUsualSuspects."TheUsualSuspectswaswellreceivedbymostc

ritics,andithasan89%ratingattheRottenTomatoes.commoviereview site.Themoviewasharshlycriticisedbysome.CriticRogerEbertgaveth efilmoneandahalfstarsoutoffour,consideringitconfusingandunintere sting.Healsoincludeditinhis"mosthatedfilms"list.HalHinsonoftheWa

shingtonPostwrote,"Ultimately,TheUsualSuspectsmaybetoocleverf

oritsowngood.Thetwistattheendisacorker,butcrucialquestionsremai nunanswered.”Britain’sTheIndependentalsopraisedthefilm'sending :"Thefilm'scoupdegraceisaselegantasitisunexpected.Thewholemovi eplaysbackinyourmindinperfectclarity.”

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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THE USUAL SUSPECTS SURVEY

Write five GOOD questions about The Usual Suspects in the table Do this in pairs Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper

When you have finished, interview other students Write down their answers.

STUDENT 1 _

STUDENT 2 _

STUDENT 3 _ Q.1

Q.2

Q.3

Q.4

Q.5

• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out Change partners often

• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings

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WRITING

Write your own movie review Show your partner your letter Correct each other’s work

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HOMEWORK

the text Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word

about “The Usual Suspects” Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson

Suspects” What are (did) critics and moviegoers saying (say) about it? How good were the actors’ performances? What was good and bad about the movie? Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson Give each other feedback on your articles

Usual Suspects” Make sure you put tag lines, audience and critics’ reviews, why people should see it, etc Show it to your classmates in the next lesson Give each other feedback on your posters

“The Usual Suspects” Make sure there is a good mix of things to do Find some good online activities Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson Give each other feedback

movie Imagine you are that character Write your story about what you did in the movie Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson Give each other feedback

stream, or any other social media tool to get opinions on “The Usual Suspects” Share your findings with the class

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